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Nov12018

ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER, LIBERALS REFUSE TO REVISE SERVICE RECORDS FOR LGBTQ2+ KICKED OUT OF MILITARY  

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OTTAWA – Nearly a year after the Prime Minister’s official apology to the LGBTQ2+ community in the House of Commons, the Department of National Defence is saying they will not remove dishonourable discharges for those who were kicked out of the military because they were LGBTQ2+. Instead of a record revision, a note will be placed on these records stating that any previous notes were inappropriate. Read the full release on…

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Nov12018

NDP Proposes Process for Increased Climate Change Accountability and Transparency

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OTTAWA – Today, NDP MP Linda Duncan (Edmonton- Strathcona) introduced a motion calling on the federal government to enact legislation that would establish a legal process to ensure binding measures for greater transparency and accountability on Canada’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

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Oct302018

Joint-Letter from Opposition Parties Urge Trudeau to Call By-Elections

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OTTAWA – In an open letter signed by the leaders of the NDP, the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois and the Green Party, the opposition is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately call all by-elections following his decision to hold an election for only one of the four vacant seats in the House of Commons. Read…

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Oct292018

NDP: Liberals Cannot Sign USMCA Until US Tariffs Are Removed

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OTTAWA – On Monday, NDP Leader, Jagmeet Singh, was joined by steelworkers in urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not to sign the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement trade deal until the U.S. administration lifts its illegal tariffs on steel and aluminium. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

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Oct292018

NDP and Yazidi refugees call on Liberals to follow through on promises

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OTTAWA – Yazidi religious minorities in Northern Iraq continue to suffer psychological trauma from genocide, torture, and sexual exploitation by ISIS. The NDP is supporting refugees, as well as the Women Refugees Advocacy Project (WRAP), in their call for urgent action on implementing culturally sensitive, expertly designed, trauma programs and housing, and will be tabling…

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Oct242018

Liberals Team up with Conservatives to Defeat Postal Banking Motion

News from Central

OTTAWA – New Democrats are disappointed that Motion 166 to study postal banking has been defeated in the House of Commons today. The Liberals were presented with a progressive and forward thinking idea, and they decided to team up with Conservatives to vote it down. Read the full release on NDP Central’s site

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Oct242018

NDP Calls for Investigation into Opioid Crisis

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OTTAWA – Across the country, too many Canadian families are tragically losing parents, siblings, and children to the public health emergency caused by opioids. Today, the NDP called on the Liberals to launch an investigation into the role drug companies may have played in fueling the opioid crisis in Canada, and to seek meaningful restitution…

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Oct232018

Singh Calls on Liberals to Save Ontario’s Basic Income Pilot Project

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OTTAWA – In a speech to Canadian Innovators on Tuesday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Federal Liberal government to step-in and save the Basic Income Pilot Project Ontario Premier Doug Ford has pledged to cancel. Ford announced the program that guarantees a minimum income for 4,000 low-income residents will end in March of…

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